1938 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1938 between Melbourne and Geelong during round twelve of the 1938 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Allan La Fontaine captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Reg Hickey.

Melbourne (11.8.74) were defeated by Geelong (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 9 July 1938
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,185

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 11.8.74 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 8 . 6 9 . 8 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Geelong 3 . 2 7 . 5 11 . 12 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 7 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Reg Hickey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
33 Buckley, Ted ? ? 1 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 1 ?
26 Furniss, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Harley, Harry ? ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick ? ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Lewis, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
19 Roberts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 4 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 8

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Abbott, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 4 ?
31 Butcher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 2 ?
2 Dyer, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 0 ?
14 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 0 ?
29 Helmer, Clyde ? ? 6 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Hore, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
15 Mahon, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
4 Slack, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
33 Taylor, Cliff ? ? 0 ?
19 Tucker, Joe ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 14

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s